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+type: "Bill"
+title: "To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county"
+description: "To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 2910"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2910 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Foster"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 56
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-12"
+last_action: "2022-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0123a61-ca4e-4b87-a680-3d58638be56e"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2910&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "a3bd45993ec60a9e132c066d4265466ca1f3ef0bbddb993e653cabbfb63e905d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2910 (2022) — To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 322)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2022/RS/votes/house/00322.pdf)
+2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
+3. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
+4. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
+5. **HB2910 HFAT CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/HB2910 HFAT CAPITO 3-2 adopted.htm)
+6. **HB2910 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2910 S JUD AM _1 3-8 adopted.htm)
+7. **HB2910 S JUD AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/HB2910 S JUD AMT _1 3-9 adopted.htm)
+8. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2910%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=2910)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Foster — primary (person)
+- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
+- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Haynes — cosponsor (person)
+- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimes — cosponsor (person)
+- Wamsley — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2022-01-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2022-01-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-15** By substitute, do pass
+- **2022-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-02-17** Placed on House Calendar
+- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
+- **2022-03-01** Placed on Special Calender
+- **2022-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01** Amendments pending
+- **2022-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 320) `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2022-03-02** Motion to divide question adopted
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 321) `amendment-failure`
+- **2022-03-02** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 322)
+- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 323) `passage`
+- **2022-03-02** House further considered bill
+- **2022-03-02** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-02** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2022-03-03** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-03** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-10** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2022-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2022-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-12** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2022-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-12** Government Organization Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2022-03-12** Judiciary Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2022-03-12** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 497) `passage`
+- **2022-03-12** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2022-03-12** House received Senate message
+- **2022-03-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 672)
+- **2022-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2022-03-12** House Message received
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/25/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-25** To Governor 3/25/22 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 - House Journal
+- **2022-03-30** Approved by Governor 3/30/22 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/30/2022 - Senate Journal
+- **2022-04-19** Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0123a61-ca4e-4b87-a680-3d58638be56e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+